From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2006-11-05T17:28:00+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] systemu-1.0.0

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On 11/5/06, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov <ara.t.howard@noaa.gov> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 5 Nov 2006, Robert Dober wrote:
>
> > On 11/4/06, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov <ara.t.howard@noaa.gov> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> NAME
> >> <Ann snipped>
> >
> >
> > Looks great Ara as always.
> > I am using Popen7 very often (Linux only) it is the heart of many a
> webrick
> > code to  administer  my Linux Boxes via  my Browser, I never had  *any*
> > problems. (little data in the pipes for sure << 1MB)
> > But I'll definitely switch to this one looks so concise.
> >
> > Thx for your efforts.
> >
> > Robert
>
> ooops!
>
> i should have mentioned in the first message, but there's no need to
> switch
> from open4 if you're on a posix operating system - the main reason for
> this
> package is people wanting to write open4 style code that will be portable
> on
> windows, or windows users who need open4 semantics.  basically, afaik, the
> popen4 module for windows has a fatal flaw which can/will cause hangs in
> some
> situations.  open4, on *nix, will never cause hangs and systemu on windows
> or
> nix shouldn't either.
>
> summary:  if you are on windows and need process control with pid, stderr,
> and
> stdout - or if you are trying to write unix/windows code that requires
> those
> things this is for you.  otherwise i'd highly reccomend sticking with
> open4,
> the performance is better and the spawn method gives you everything
> systemu
> does and more with less overhead.
>
> sorry for any confustion - hopefully this has made it clear.
>
> kind regards.
>
> -a
> --
> my religion is very simple.  my religion is kindness. -- the dalai lama
>
> Good to know, thx.
Robert


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